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Skoda `Superb' model next year
SKODA, the 100 per cent subsidiary of Volkswagen, will be introducing its top end `Superb' model in India next year. Accordingly, the launch of its other two models, Laurin and Clement, earlier scheduled for November 2003, will be advanced, ... More

Avon Organics halves dividend
AVON Organics Ltd (AOL), the Hyderabad-based Rs 79-crore pharmaceutical company, has decided to slash the dividend announced for the fiscal year 2001-02 to five per cent from the earlier recommended dividend of 10 per cent. Though the AOL board ... More

L&T lowest bidder for UAE power project
LARSEN and Toubro is all set to bag a major 400kV overhead power transmission line contract in Fujairah Emirate in the UAE, following the announcement today by the UAE Offsets Group, UOG, that the Indian major was the lowest bidder for the ... More

Kinetic to raise `Nova' output
KINETIC Motor Company Ltd (KMCL) today informed that it is working on raising the production of its `Nova' scooter. "The production level for the month of October will be 8,000 per month and over the next two months it will be increased to ... More

BEL declares 50 pc dividend
THE public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd has declared an all time high dividend of 50 per cent for the financial year 2001-02. The dividend was approved by the annual general meeting of the company held here. Last year the company had paid a ... More

BUYBACK


DCA seeks to incorporate draft offer in share buyback petitions
THE Department of Company Affairs (DCA) will now urge the High Courts in cases related to buyback of shares to direct the petitioner-company to make the draft letter of offer a part of the petition. Instructions have already been issued to the ... More

TAXATION


Tangible assets — Accelerated depreciation norms may be reviewed
THE Government is examining whether the existing rates of depreciation for tangible assets in the income-tax legislation could be brought down. According to senior officials, the I-T provisions on this currently provide for write-off of asset ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Pre-1987 IOC retirees seek `fair' benefits
CONSIDER this. A manager of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) who retired prior to 1987 after serving the company for 20 years got a superannuation benefit of Rs 1.5-2 lakh, comprising provident fund and gratuity. On the other hand, a ... More

RESTRUCTURING


Indian Rayon to spin off insulator business — Joint venture with NGK, Japan
INDIAN Rayon and Industries Ltd (IRIL), an Aditya Birla group enterprise, has decided to hive off its insulators business under Jaya Shree Insulator Division, in favour of a new company - Vikram Insulators Private Ltd (VIPL). In a communiqué ... More

FIXED DEPOSITS


Jindal Strips FD rated stable
MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings India has revised the rating of the fixed deposit programme of Jindal Strips Ltd to `tA(ind)' from `Ind A-(FD)'. The rating outlook is stable. This revision follows the introduction of a new rating scale by Fitch ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


Creeping acquisition in full flow
Brokers said many promoters and large investors took advantage of the depressed stock market to increase their stake over the last one year. More

SBI may offload stake in STCI — To swap shares in DFHI
STATE Bank of India (SBI) is expected to offload stake in Securites Trading Corporation of India (STCI) in exchange for shares in DFHI from common shareholders in the two primary dealers. STCI already indicated at its AGM last week that the SBI ... More

Hindalco open offer for Indal from Oct 14
HINDALCO Industries Ltd has informed the BSE that the company has revised the dates of the open offer for Indal. The specified date (for the purpose of determining the names of shareholders to whom the letter of offer will be posted) is August ... More

Sun Pharma to hike Caraco stake to 50%
SUN Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is to increase its stake in its overseas associate company in the US, Caraco Pharmaceutical, to 50 per cent by the end of this financial year. The company currently holds about 46 per cent in Caraco, according to ... More

Escorts plans to buy out US partner
In 1998, Escorts took its Farmtrac brand tractors to the US and quickly captured 10 per cent market share in the 50 HP segment. By 2000, the updated models, 42HP, 60HP and 75HP, made further inroads in the major markets of the US. More

NEW PROJECTS


Toyota Kirloskar to invest Rs 340 cr
THE Bangalore-based Toyota Kirloskar Motor will make fresh investments to the tune of Rs 340 crore to set up new facilities in the country. The company has finalised plans to establish a 100-per cent export-oriented unit for the manufacture of ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


Textile unions may take wage issue to Apex Court
MAJOR textile workers unions, upset over the rejection by the Madras High Court of the State Government order on payment of interim relief, are likely to contest the verdict in Supreme Court. The unions constituting the joint action committee ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


Continental forays into 2-wheelers with Metro
CONTINENTAL AG of Germany, the global auto tyre major that has a large presence in the country in the four-wheeler segment, today announced its foray into the Indian two-wheeler tyre market through a tie-up with Metro Tyres Ltd, the flagship ... More

Covansys inks pact with US co
BANGALORE: Covansys has announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar offshore outsourcing agreement with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Covansys has been chosen as a Guardian support and development vendor on ... More

DIVERSIFICATION


Nirma's food foray
With pressure on its traditional mainstays, soaps and detergents, Nirma looks to foods to feed its bottomline. More

OUTLOOK


New boss sees smooth SAILing
IN a smooth-sail change of its kind, familiar, perhaps, only to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) in the public sector fold, Mr V.S. Jain has taken over from where Mr Arvind Pande left off. Exuding confidence at his maiden impromptu press ... More
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